St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-21

A RTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF
IA the 'St. Paul Crescent Club''-Know all
men by these presents. that we, whose
names are bereunto subscribed, have agreed
to associate ourselves together for the pur-
pose of incorporation, and of being created
and constituted corporation under and by
virtue of Title of Chapter 81 of the Gen
eral Statutes of the Stale of Minnesota of
1878, and for that purpose have adopted and
signed the following Articles of IncOrpor-
alton:
Article 1.-The name of said corporation
shall be ''St. Paul Crescent Club"
The general purpose shall be for literary
and social culture. Its plan of operations
shall be the purchase of site and the cree
ton of a suitable building thereon, the estab-
lishment of a library and all the usual appli-
ances of a social club for the accommodation
and literary and social culture of Its men,
bers Its place of location shall be in st.
Paul, Ramsey county, state of Minnesota.
Art 1.-THE terms of admission to mem
bership required of each person whom the
undersigned or their successors shall at any
future time associate with them in the corpo-
ration shall be an election by the governing
board; the payment of the initiation fee,
which may be prescribed by the by laws from
time to time, and the yearly contribution re-
quired of its resident members shall be the
sum of five dollars, to be paid in such man
ner and at such times as the bylaws may
prescribe.
Art. III.-There shall be governing board
whom shall be elected at the first meeting of
the CORPORATION at the city of st. Paul, which
first meeting shall be on the I'd day of Janu-
airy. A. ID. 1888, at 3 o'clock p. m, the menu
bers of which board shall be divided into
three classes, each such class composed of
three the term of Office of the first class shall
expire at the date of the next annual cleo
ton thereafter; the term of office Of the
second class shall expire at the date of the
second annual election thereafter, and the
term of Office of the third class shall expire
at the date of the third annual election there
after. AT each annual election after said first
meeting three members shall be elected to
serve for three years as members of said gov
erning board. The officers of the corporation
shall be president, first and second vice
president, secretary and a treasurer and
shall be elected by the corporation at said
first meeting and at each annual election
thereafter, and said officers shall all be chosen
from the members OF said governing board
for the ensuing year. Such governing board
and officers shall cenducl the transactions of
the corporation, subject to such bylaws as
may be established by the corporation.
In witness whereof we have hereunto set
our hands and seals this 18th day of Novem-
Der, A. d. 1887.
II. PRICE WILLIAMS, President.
THOMAS JEFFERSON, Secretary.
JOHN H. CUNNINGHAM, Chairman Board
Directors.
JAS. G.. Cox, Treasurer.
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
RAMSEY COUNTY, o.
On this Goth day of November, A. D. 1887,
before me, notary public in and for the
County of Ramsey and State of Minnesota,
personally appeared H. Price Williams, j. II.
Cunningham, James C. Cox, Thomas Jeffer-
son, C. n. Hamilton, W. H. Butts, Phil Reed,
Samuel Johnson and William Smith, to me
known to be the same persons who executed
the foregoing articles of incorporation, and
who severally acknowledged that they exc
q deed
Notarial Seal
Ramsey Co., SLASJ.DONNELLY,
[ Minnesota. Notary Public,
Ramsey County, Minnesota.